Improvement in shirt-bosoms



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

THOMAS M. DENHAM AND EDWARD DENHAM, OFNEW BEDFORD, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-BOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,474, dated January5, 1875 application led November 25, 1874,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS M. DENHAM and EDWARD DENHAM, copartners inbusiness under the name of T. M. Denham & Brother, both of New Bedford,in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in ShirtBosoms; 4and we do herebydeclare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification. y

Very many thousand readymade shirtbosoms are made and sold every year tothose who make or have made their shirts in the family at home, and oneof the greatest perplexities to contend with to obtain a comfortablefitting garment is the shape and size of the neck. By our improvement wepropose to remedy this difficulty as much as possible by attachingasimple graduated scale to each shirt-bosom, by which, with littletrouble and no measurement, tting, or trying on, the eX- act sizedesired may be cut for the Whole neck of the shirt.

We are aware that shirt-besoins have been made with guides, graduatedlines, Sac., .for the hollow or slope in the bosom or front of the neck.Such guides may in themselves be correct, provided the remainder of thenecksize or sloping in the back part of the shirt be correctly out; but,to'any one observing, it will readily be seen that the portion of thehollovr or neck-slope cut from the bosom is only about one-third thewhole length or size of the neck-hole or opening', and although thebosom may be cut of proper size and slope, the whole neck of the shirt4may be spoiled by error in cutting the remaining twothirds of theneck-size-that is, the back and sides of the neck. Therefore, we proposeby our invention to attach to each shirt-bosom a graduated scale (asseen in the annexed drawing) on the front of the bosom, in exactposition for that portion of the neck that should be cut from the bosom,leaving a fly-leaf or graduated scale on the back, from which may be cutthe remaining portion of the neckfrom the yoke or back of the shirt.This scale is so marked that any desired size neck may be obtained bycutting on the lines marked to indicate the size, and may be used on anykind or style of shirt, whether sack or yoke, openback or open-front,shirt.

In the annexed drawing, the outer edge of the shirt-bosom is indicatedby the double lines marked by letters A the chart or graduated scale bydotted lines B. That portion of the scale within the heavy dotted lines,between the points G and B, and below the two upper points of the bosomA has graduated lines D, by which to cut out the desired size and slopefrom the bosom 5 and the upper portion ofthe chart, indicated by thelighter dotted lines, and included within the points B and C above theshirt-bosom, is marked with graduated lines E, by which to out out thedesired slope for the remaining portion of the neck; that is, the yokeor back portion of the shirt; these lines, with corresponding numbers onthe front and back, coming together form the required neck-size, lengthfor seams being allowed in the scale.

Having-fully explained our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shirt-bosom provided with the graduated scale D, by which to cut outthe front neckpiece, and the graduated scale E, by which to cut out therear neck-piece, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have set oar hands and seals this 19th day oi'November, A. D.

' THOS. M. DENHAM. [1.. s] EDWARD DENHAM. p.. s] Witnesses:

WrLLrAM A. HERsEY, EDWARD P. KrRscHBAUM.

